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Isaiah Christian Green, 21, was shot and killed by police during an incident early this morning in Dover Township. According to reports, Northern York County Police were dispatched to the 3800 block of Kings Lane around 2 a.m for an unknown problem.

Authorities have recovered the bodies of two children near a second-floor window, suggesting they may have been trying to escape a fire that badly damaged their western Pennsylvania home. Armstrong County Coroner Brian Myers said the blaze Thursday in a rural area near Kittanning took the lives of a 10-year-old boy and his 13-year-old sister. He says they were found "close to the window like they were trying to get out." Their names aren't being released.

Authorities are on the case of a homicide in Berks County. District Attorney John Adams confirmed Thursday morning that an investigation is underway in Colebrookdale Township. The scene is in the 100 block of Cleaver School Road, not far from Route 73 and just west of Boyertown. The coroner arrived there just after 11:30 a.m.

A Philadelphia police officer shot a man Wednesday night in the city's Germantown section. It happened around 8:40 p.m. near the intersection of Nedro and Opal streets. Police said two plain clothes officers spotted a car suspected to be connected to a homicide that occurred back on December 21 on the 1800 block of East Atlantic Avenue.

A man and a young boy have been killed in a shooting at a Pennsylvania home and three people have been arrested. Allegheny County police say the shooting happened Tuesday afternoon in Swissvale, just outside of Pittsburgh. When officers arrived, they found a 29-year-old man dead and 7-year-old boy wounded. The boy was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

It was around 1:30 A.M. when Chester Police responded to 9th and Keystone Road for a report of shots fired. Police say when officers arrived they found 18-year old Julian DeShields laying on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds to his back. DeShields was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities say a shooting that killed a man and critically wounded a woman in a home near Pittsburgh appears to have been “a home-invasion type of attack.” Police in Churchill, about 10 miles (17 kilometer)s east of Pittsburgh, responded following a report of shots fired shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday.

Police are looking for two men who were seen fleeing the area of where a man was shot to death Saturday evening. It happened around 9 p.m. in the 3000 block of Agate Street in Philadelphia's Port Richmond section. Police say a 29-year-old man was shot multiple times in the chest and torso.

In Delaware County, Chester police are investigating the city's 28th homicide of the year. 18-year-old Julian Deshields was found lying in the street at 9th Street and Keystone Road just before 1:30 a.m. on Saturday.

A 4-year-old girl is in the hospital after being shot in a drive-by shooting in Southwest Philadelphia. Police say the girl's father was the intended target. The young girl is currently in stable condition at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

Law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania have shot and killed a gunman who fired at police in several locations in Harrisburg, the state capital. Authorities say 51-year-old Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty fired at a Capitol police officer around 4 p.m. Friday and then at a Pennsylvania state trooper a short while later. He was killed during a shootout with local and state police. Authorities say he was armed with two handguns, believed to be 9 mm weapons.

Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico has identified the shooter as Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty, 51. Marsico said if anyone has any information about El-Mofty, they should call 911. El-Mofty has ties to the Middle East and recently traveled there.